{
  "slug": "unitree-g1",
  "name": "G1",
  "manufacturer": "Unitree Robotics",
  "manufacturer_slug": "unitree-robotics",
  "category": "humanoid",
  "categories": [
    "humanoid"
  ],
  "primary_industries": [
    "research",
    "education"
  ],
  "primary_use_cases": [
    "research-development"
  ],
  "generation": "G1",
  "release_date": "2024",
  "country": "China",
  "tagline": "The rare humanoid with a public, low starting price - aimed at R&D, not the warehouse.",
  "summary": "Unitree's G1 stands out for one reason directly relevant to MachineWorth's thesis: it has a genuinely public price, starting in the mid-five figures. That transparency is unusual. But the G1 is a compact research-and-development and demonstration platform, not a validated industrial worker. It is the counterexample to 'cheap humanoid = cheap labor': a low sticker price with limited industrial payload and no material deployment evidence.",
  "form_factor": "Compact bipedal humanoid",
  "commercial_status": "commercially-available",
  "status_note": "Openly purchasable; positioned for research, education, and development.",
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": 127,
    "weight_kg": 35,
    "payload_kg": 3,
    "degrees_of_freedom": 23,
    "speed_mps": 2.0,
    "battery_kwh": 0.5,
    "runtime_hours": 2,
    "charging": "Removable battery",
    "sensors": [
      "depth camera",
      "LiDAR (higher trims)",
      "IMU"
    ],
    "mobility": "Bipedal walking",
    "end_effectors": "Optional dexterous hands (trim-dependent)",
    "environmental_limits": "Indoor; R&D use"
  },
  "spec_evidence": "manufacturer-reported",
  "economics": {
    "purchase_price_usd": 16000,
    "purchase_price_note": "Publicly listed starting price (base trim); higher trims cost substantially more.",
    "price_estimate_low": 16000,
    "price_estimate_high": 70000,
    "price_evidence": "manufacturer-reported",
    "raas_monthly_usd": null,
    "raas_note": "Sold outright.",
    "integration_cost_estimate_usd": 5000,
    "annual_maintenance_estimate_usd": 2500,
    "energy_cost_annual_estimate_usd": 200,
    "useful_life_years_estimate": 4,
    "expected_utilization_pct": 30,
    "economics_evidence": "analyst-estimate"
  },
  "deployments": [],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Unitree publicly lists the G1 with a starting price in the mid-five figures (USD).",
      "evidence_level": "manufacturer-reported",
      "confidence": "high",
      "verification_status": "public listing",
      "source_url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
      "source_date": "2024-2026",
      "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.unitree.com/g1/"
  ],
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
}